Definitions for skittish
ˈskɪt ɪʃskit·tish

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. skittish, flighty, spooky, nervousadjective

   unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. skittishadjective

   Easily scared or startled; timid.

   The cat likes people he knows, but he is skittish around strangers.

2. skittishadjective

   wanton; changeable; fickle

   Skittish Fortune's hall. uE000164776uE001 Shakespeare.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SKITTISHadjective

   Etymology: skyc, Danish; schew, Dutch.

   1. Shy; easily frighted

   A restiff skittish jade had gotten a trick of rising, starting, and flying out at his own shadow. Roger L'Estrange.

   2. Wanton; volatile; hasty; precipitate.

   Now expectation, tickling skittish spirits,
   Sets all on hazard. William Shakespeare.

   He still resolv’d, to mend the matter,
   T’ adhere and cleave the obstinater;
   And still the skittisher and looser,
   Her freaks appear’d to fit the closer. Hudibras.

   3. Changeable; fickle.

   Some men sleep in skittish fortune’s hall,
   While others play the ideots in her eyes. William Shakespeare.

   Such as I am, all true lovers are;
   Unstaid and skittish in all notions else,
   Save in the constant image of the creature
   That is belov’d. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Skittish

   Skittish is a year 2000 album by Mike Doughty, and Doughty's first solo album. The album was recorded and took one day only on July 5, 1996, with indie rock producer Kramer, and mixed on July 6. The album was recorded while Doughty was still the frontman for the indie rock band Soul Coughing, several days before the release of the Soul Coughing album Irresistible Bliss. Some of the songs on the album had been intended as Soul Coughing songs but were rejected by the other band members. The CD was first released with a limited run of 200, which was signed by him and contained a written “Fake Word” on the track list. This limited CD was an online purchase directly from him. Though Kramer built up some songs in Doughty's absence, with strings and organ, the disc is mostly a stark affair. Doughty's riffs—often using a guitar rhythm Doughty calls the "gangadank"—punctuate emotional lyrics on songs such as "The Only Answer" and "The Pink Life". It was extremely different from Soul Coughing, and confused by the sonic departure, his label, Warner Bros., rejected it. Though the album was not officially released, versions of the songs, often featuring extra instruments as experimental mixes, ended up on Napster as The Skittish Sessions. When Doughty quit Soul Coughing in 2000 and began touring as a one-man act, he was surprised to find audiences singing along to the songs. He quickly printed up white label versions of the CD and sold them himself at the gigs, selling 20,000, mostly by hand at the front of the stage after the shows. Skittish finally got an official release in 2004 as part of the double album Skittish / Rockity Roll, which also includes Doughty's electro EP Rockity Roll.

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1. skittish

   Skittish generally refers to an individual, usually an animal, being easily scared, nervous, or unpredictable, especially when faced with unfamiliar situations or environments. It can also describe someone who is restlessly active or unpredictable.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Skittishverb

   easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt

2. Skittishverb

   wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle

3. Etymology: [See Skit, v. t.]

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1. Skittish

   Skittish is a Mike Doughty album recorded with indie rock producer Kramer in one day, July 5, 1996, and mixed on July 6. Frustrated by the acrimonious sessions for Soul Coughing's Irresistible Bliss, and attracted to Kramer's signature minimal, reverby sound, Doughty took a batch of songs—some rejected by, some withheld from Soul Coughing—and crossed the river to bang the disc out at Kramer's studio, Noise New Jersey, a gigantic, shag-carpeted room built as an addition to a house by a would-be Disco musician in the 70s, to which Kramer added huge echo plates running down either side of his garage—the source of his trademark haunting sound. Though Kramer built up some songs in Doughty's absence, with strings and organ, the disc is mostly a stark affair. Doughty's riffs--often using a guitar rhythm Doughty calls the "gangadank"--punctuate emotional lyrics on songs such as "The Only Answer" and "The Pink Life". It was extremely different from Soul Coughing, and confused by the sonic departure, his label, Warner Bros., rejected it. But the album found its own life. Versions of the songs, often featuring extra instruments as experimental mixes, ended up on Napster as The Skittish Sessions. When Doughty quit Soul Coughing in 2000 and hit the road as a one-man act, he was astonished to find audiences singing along to these tunes. He quickly printed up white label versions of the CD and sold them himself at the gigs, selling 20,000, mostly by hand at the front of the stage after the shows.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Skittish

   skit′ish, adj. unsteady, light-headed, easily frightened: hasty, volatile, changeable: wanton.—adv. Skitt′ishly.—n. Skitt′ishness. [Skite.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of skittish in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of skittish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of skittish in a Sentence

1. Richard Scalone:

   The market's reaction is something between curious and concerning, you are not getting that much of a lasting reaction in markets. The week has witnessed some of the most concerning phenomenon in some time. People are skittish in holding positions.

2. John Soto:

   Clydesdales are a very gentle breed. When they're young, they're like any other horse -- skittish and more like a kid, more rambunctious. As they get older and more mature -- the more you handle them, the quieter they become.

3. Gary Bradshaw:

   Employment numbers are coming out tomorrow and that's always a question mark, i still think there's a lot of people that doubt the market and they're still skittish and don't believe the rally or think they ought to be in bonds.

4. Richard Scalone:

   The week has witnessed some of the most concerning phenomenon in some time. People are skittish in holding positions.

5. Julianne Smith:

   For Americans the answer seems obvious, we simply have to try and do it all and be prepared for multiple scenarios. But for small countries that have very limited funding and a public that's a little skittish right now, it's a much tougher question to answer.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=skittish
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Skittish
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=skittish
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittish
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skittish
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=skittish
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=skittish